Congratulations to @iampeterbance for the launch of your new book. Great evening @KensingtonPalac . Your efforts to preserve history are sincerely appreciated. Keep up the good work.
SikhsinMoJ & CPS Sikh Society organised an event to mark #Vaisakhi@MoJGovUK . Heartfelt gratitude to Kirtani Jatha,all colleagues, senior leaders, Perm Sec, volunteers & Core group. Our little effort to raise awareness of Sikhi & improve Faith literacy in MoJ.
We would like to wish everyone a Happy #Gurpurab and a Happy New Year-26. May #GuruGobindSingh Ji bless everyone. Sikh Prison Chaplains will be marking this Gurpurab across all establishments. Many thanks to all the #Gurdwaras for supporting their local Sikh Chaplains.
Mayor of London candidate, Shyam Batra, on 15 minute cities: "You won't be able to drive a petrol or diesel car anymore... If you want food, you will get a calorie controlled system sent to you by text"
UK Government @Keir_Starmer@ShabanaMahmood and police are deliberately ignoring Anti-Sikh hate
The Home Office released annual hate crime data last week that shows a 20% increase in crimes specifically targeting Sikhs. This is the highest for all religious groups.
In comparison there has been a 16% increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims. However, a 12% decrease for Jews and 6% decrease for Hindus.
Another important factor is religious hate crimes only accounts for around 9% of hate crimes. Over 70% of hate crimes are categorised as racially motivated.
Where the ethnicity of victims of racially or religiously aggravated crimes was provided 70% were non-White.
Accurate statistics therefore for Anti-Sikh hate crimes are lost under “racially aggravated” crimes and elsewhere.
For example, the West Midlands Police have recorded the two high profile cases in Wolverhampton and Oldbury as “racially aggravated” and not necessarily recorded them as “Sikh” under religiously aggravated crimes.
As the UK Government do not specifically recognise or have a definition of Anti-Sikh hate crimes the police often chose to ignore the fact the victims see are Sikh.
This is from @unisouthampton - 'all of our chicken and lamb is halal.'
Shameful behaviour - forcing halal meat on students.
This halal scandal goes far deeper than any of us realise - Restore Britain is running a full investigation...
There is far more to come.
@RupertLowe10 Sir Rupert Lowe ,
I fully support you , please go ahead , I don’t want to eat any halal products without knowing it ,all should food or poultry should be religious free slaughter method , food should be just food not under any slavery..
Non-stun/halal slaughter isn't farming, it's torture.
Freedom of belief does not mean freedom to inflict a cruel and brutal death upon millions of animals. It is un-British.
We should ban halal slaughter, and we should ban kosher slaughter.
My contribution in Parliament today.
@TheBharatPost__ More transparency coming into the world in every section day by day so The Guru Granth Sahib ji is the mirror which is fully transparent so sooner the universal message of Guru Nanak Sahib ji’s which is in Guru Granth Sahib ji will lead the world with equality, justice …
MPs being pressured to make representations to UK Government on safety and security of Sikhs in the UK
Earlier today a press conference was held at @GNGSmethwick to express grave concern for the safety and security of Sikhs in the UK after revelations in Canada and the US this week concerning the criminal role of senior Indian diplomats and intelligence officers.
A mass letter writing campaign (see letter attached) for constituents to write to MPs was launched aimed at pressuring MPs to get the UK Government to urgently provide reassurance to British Sikhs and explain what they are doing to counter India’s transnational repression that has reached new and extreme heights of barbarity.
Read @SikhFedUK press release below:
Canadian Foreign Minister, @melaniejoly explains why six top Indian officials have been expelled from Canada. She makes clear Canada will not ‘sit quietly’ when India threatens, harasses or kills Canadians ‘period’. She also disclosed she has been in direct contact with her counterparts in the Five Eyes Nations @DavidLammy@SecBlinken@SenatorWong@NewZealandMFA